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What is The Nation That Never Was about?

Our idea of the Founders' America and its values is not true. We are not the heirs of the Founders, but we can be the heirs of Reconstruction and its vision for equality. There's a common story we tell about America: that our fundamental values as a country were stated in the Declaration of Independence, fought for in the Revolution, and made law in the Constitution. But, with the country increasingly divided, this story isn't working for us anymore—what's more, it's not even true. As Kermit Roosevelt argues in this eye-opening reinterpretation of the American story, our fundamental values, particularly equality, are not part of the vision of the Founders. Instead, they were stated in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and were the hope of Reconstruction, when it was possible to envision the emergence of the nation committed to liberty and equality. We face a dilemma these days. We want to be honest about our history and the racism and oppression that... Cover 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Introduction 8 1 Stories of America 13 2 Questioning the Standard Story: Dissenters 18 3 The Exclusive Declaration 32 4 The Ambiguous Revolution 48 5 The Geostrategic Constitution 58

Author

Kermit Roosevelt III

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Language

EN